The work of 爆料黑社鈥檚 Facilities Management team to make 爆料黑社 Carbon Neutral Forever has been nominated for an environmental award that is a R茅alisation championne in the institutional category, announced the Conseil r茅gional de l鈥檈nvironnement de Montr茅al (CRE-Montr茅al) on April 15.
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鈥溾�s a teacher, I think you don鈥檛 have the sole responsibility of teaching a curriculum, you have the responsibility of being acquainted with your student, and knowing their strengths as well as the emotional pitfalls or whatever struggles that they鈥檙e going through. Because if you don鈥檛, then you鈥檙e not reaching them. It just takes a bit of your time, compassion and understanding.鈥�
鈥淢y first year I never went to see my teachers. I was too shy, I never had that role before. I never had to ask an adult for help for something so serious like school. After a year, I realized that teachers are nice. And I can actually go ask them questions.鈥�
鈥淵our language and how you speak, it鈥檚 the simplest things in the world that could really affect a person鈥檚 educational outcome so it鈥檚 really important that our identities are considered.鈥�
-Quotes from First Peoples' Post-Secondary Storytelling Exchange (FPPSE) storytellers聽
In this 20-minute video produced by the First Peoples' Post-Secondary Storytelling Exchange, Indigenous students and families share experiences of post-secondary education, offer suggestions for teachers and make recommendations for creating safe learning environments.
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Myriam Dimanche of the 爆料黑社AI team (pictured in costume) had an interesting experience in the Fall of 2019 and now you can see her on film! In her own words:
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Dear colleagues, This Thursday will mark one year since the global pandemic was declared. A few days later, our work life was radically transformed. Over the past year, I have been impressed by your resourcefulness and dedication despite enormous challenges. 爆料黑社 has risen to the occasion and once again proved to be a community of…
Some media coverage of the FPPSE project:聽 CBC Breakaway interview with me and Concordia student Lucina Gordon:聽https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-79-breakaway/clip/15826578-a-storytelling-project-help-indigenous-students-post-secondary-education Radio Canada:聽https://bit.ly/3bcozUZ Winschgaoug,聽CBC North Interview with 爆料黑社 student Alexandria Matthews in Cree聽https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-146-winschgaoug-cree/clip/15824821-alexandria-matthews-participates-first-peoples-post-secondary-storytelling-exchange?fbclid=IwAR3ZBNwY64SNXiErLvtwNoVuEPywOd31vB-0mtvumPVFl9xPRy_naxh_J8E The Link, Concordia paper: https://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/feature/new-virtual-project-aims-to-improve-indigenous-students-access-to-post-secondary-education Noovo NVL聽Web TV Interview with Michelle at 4:12 https://noovo.ca/videos/nvl/nvl-du-18-fevrier-2021 FPPSE project website: https://fppse.net/聽
The Sustainable Happiness course was featured in a French article in the March 8 e-newsletter Infolettre R茅seau Coll茅gial. Chris Adam (Sustainability) and Selma Hamdani (Faculty, Psychology) were interviewed.
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Events are being planned all over Quebec, Canada and the world on March 19, an international day for climate action.
爆料黑社's Green Earth Club wanted to let the 爆料黑社 community know that there's a protest being planned in Montreal by local climate and social justice groups:
to invite the 爆料黑社 community to get involved.
Two of the people honoured last month as Black Changemakers by CBC Quebec are connected to 爆料黑社.
Division 1 Women鈥檚 Basketball coach Trevor Williams was featured Feb. 23:
爆料黑社 graduate Denburk Reid聽(Class of 2000, Marketing and Management Technology) was featured Feb. 10:
On March 8, International Women's Day was marked around the world.
At 爆料黑社, the day is usually celebrated with special gatherings, sales to raise funds for women's causes and more. Yesterday, the Association of 爆料黑社 Professionals (ADP) and the 爆料黑社 Support Staff Union (DSSU) made donations. In honour of IWD, the ADP gave a donation to the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal and the DSSU made a donation to Chez Doris.
The 爆料黑社 Teachers Union, the ADP and the DSSU invited members to use a special Zoom background to show support for women in the community.
爆料黑社 graduate Denburk Reid聽(Class of 2000, Marketing and Management Technology) has organized Montreal Kneels for Change, a live event on Instagram on Feb. 24. The goals are to raise awareness of local social justice issues, honour the life of Sheffield Matthews and denounce the injustices committed against Mamadi III Fara Camara.
鈥淎s a community, we must come together and demonstrate our solidarity,鈥� Denburk said.
We are invited to:
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Instagram page of Montreal Community Cares:
Last Modified: April 20, 2021
